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Sep 18, 2023 - 5:03 PM
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Now available.
World premiere of complete James Horner early horror score! “They’re not human. But they hunt human women. Not for killing. For mating.” So goes the movie taglines on posters marketing the film in 1980. The taglines pretty well sum up the picture. Key roles feature Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Ann Turkel, legendary creature designer Rob Bottin fuses life from both land and sea into one grotesque “humanoid” creation, Barbara Peeters (and uncredited Jimmy Murakami) direct for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. Picture tips hat heavily towards gore effects and sexual escapades of incoming 80’s “adult” material with closing nod in particular to 1979’s Alien. Composer James Horner writes his second score after The Lady In Red, showcases his understanding of the horror movie medium and his considerable composing talents with a score orchestrated for strings, woodwinds, piano, harp and percussion while leaving all brass at the door save a lone trumpet for select solo work. With reverberating echoplex in tow, Horner launches his “main title”. Dissonant colors for scary happenings in full orchestra, austere solo work for trumpet over strings and origins of his love theme on piccolo (an unusual romantic sonority) all appear. In following “Buck-O” (named for small vessel), Horner opens with exhilarating flourish for woodwinds and piano with xylophone punctuation to accompany the boat, first into adventure then horror. In previously unreleased “Surprise For Baron”, composer aims for suspense surrounding dog that encounters terror of its own followed by frantic search for the missing pet. Other highlights abound: flute over harp and trilling violins bringing love theme into focus if only momentarily, intense string jabs mirroring “Jerry’s Death”, rousing strings punctuated by snare drum (snares off) and tympani that opens “Tommy’s Struggle”, mystery of complete “Hill House” finally erupting into moment of orchestral fury are just four of them. Entire score is all newly-remixed from recently discovered 2” 24-track session elements, reveals numerous orchestral colors buried in original 1980 mix, especially in woodwinds and percussion. For fans familiar with initial album that was released back in the day, new remastering of that oft-released production also appears, retaining Horner’s mix and program choice but with crisper and more detailed sound quality. Score recorded March 15 & 16 at Wilder Bros Studios in Los Angeles. Flipper-style artwork enhances package design by Kay Marshall, informative notes by John Takis. David Newman conducts, James Horner composes. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
Track List:
01. Main Title (From Humanoids From The Deep) (2:25)
02. The Buck-O (3:47)
03. Surprise For Baron (3:02)
04. Men Discover Dogs (0:32)
05. Peggy’s House (2:07)
06. Trip Up River (1:58)
07. Footprint (0:13)
08. Jerry And Peggy (0:53)
09. Borden Catches Something (1:04)
10. Jerry’s Death (2:01)
11. Peggy’s Rape (1:02)
12. The Tent (0:29)
13. Humanoid’s Head (0:20)
14. Tommy’s Struggle (2:53)
15. The Search (1:53)
16. The Underwater Boat By (0:32)
17. Night Swim (1:48)
18. The Grotto (2:45)
19. Drake’s Lab (0:34)
20. Hill House (1:38)
21. Carol’s Final Confrontation (3:03)
22. Aftermath (2:23)
23. End Title (From Humanoids From The Deep) (2:12)
Total Time: 41:25
Original 1980 Soundtrack Album
24. Main Title (2:23)
25. The Buck-O (3:42)
26. Unwelcome Visitor (2:00)
27. Night Swim (1:46)
28. Jerry And Peggy (0:54)
29. Trip Upriver (1:55)
30. The Humanoids Attack (2:51)
31. Jerry’s Death (2:01)
32. Search For Clues (1:53)
33. Strange Catch (1:03)
34. The Grotto (3:19)
35. Night Prowlers (2:04)
36. Final Confrontation (3:01)
37. Aftermath (2:18)
38. End Title (2:10)
Total Album Time: 34:09
CD Total Time: 75:36
Link: https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12874/.f
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Fantastic sound quality in the audio clips! One really hears new details in the film mixes.
Unfortunately some echoplex effects seem to be missing. The col legno passages in the clips from "Surprise for Baron" and "Hill House" have no echo as opposed to their film counterparts.
I wonder why "Hill House" is only 1:38 long. Even the slightly edited OST version ran 2:08 under the title "Night Prowlers". The complete film version would probably clock in at roughly 2:44.
I'm also fairly certain that the "Night Swim" scene belongs somewhere before "Jerry and Peggy". If it's the same music from the OST then its first half fits perfectly the deleted scene of a girl going for a swim and leaving her dress and sandals behind (the same sandal we briefly see in the "Jerry and Peggy" scene).
In any case, I'm looking forward to this CD a lot. The great sound quality gives new life to even the familiar music, and to finally hear the previously unreleased music in great stereo sound (the old laserdisc's isolated score was only in mono) is a wonderful bonus. Just a pity about those missing echoplex effects.
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Samples are like a cross between Goldsmith's Alien and Battle Beyond the Stars (I know, it predates it).
Great sound quality, especially given the age of the score and it's budget.
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Bumping this thread because there ain't enough chatter about this one!
This is a wonderful release and the improvement in audio quality, compared to past releases, is astonishing. It's truly like hearing the music for the first time all over again. The quality of the performance isn't anything special but the quality of the writing definitely shines through.
It's been fascinating to listen to these early-Horner releases, such as this one and "Deadly Blessing," and hear how much of Horner's distinctive voice was already in place even then.
Looking forward to more such release -- fingers crossed for similar treatments of "Battle Beyond the Stars" and "The Hand" and other such lesser-known scores from Horner's early years.
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I'll be getting this. I remember seeing this on opening weekend at an actual theater in Times Square and digging the movie, especially the score. I bought the old lp when it appeared, so this will be a welcome addition to my collection as well as a trip down memory lane.
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I listened to this last night - sound is INCREDIBLY detailed. Worlds better than previous releases. So excited to have these early Horners given the deluxe treatment!! Thank you so much, Intrada folks
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Just saw this is available for streaming on Apple Music.
However, just a friendly reminder that Intrada has nothing to do with the streaming rights and you should be supporting your amazing indie labels who work diligently to get these things out the door and into our hands.
In 24-bit 96kHz no less! Mind you I sampled Deadly Blessing at the resolution and the main title - particularly the strings during the second half - sounded awful compared to the 16-bit 44.1kHz CD. I didn't make it past that first track. Does this sound better?
A couple of things -- we have everything to do with the streaming rights on Humanoids. That's ours up there for downloading from cyberspace. Deadly Blessing is not ours, that's Universal. But they did initially upload the wrong master which has since been corrected, so what you can download now should be the same as the CD.
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Just saw this is available for streaming on Apple Music.
However, just a friendly reminder that Intrada has nothing to do with the streaming rights and you should be supporting your amazing indie labels who work diligently to get these things out the door and into our hands.
Humanoids from the Deep is listed as an Intrada release on Qobuz (for digital download and streaming, just like the the BSX release is also available).
https://www.qobuz.com/de-de/album/humanoids-from-the-deep-james-horner/ey1t0ejgmbggc
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